Introduction
As far as I know, the software used by Fediverse, a decentralized social networking site, makes information public due to its decentralized nature, and as a result, it’s often possible to obtain feeds of the latest information via RSS.
However, the extent to which this is possible varies depending on the software’s capabilities and features, and I was interested in the functionality of each piece of software, so I decided to write this article to research and summarize the state of RSS on Fediverse, including its URL structure.
This article is based on a pioneering article titled “Finding Fediverse Feeds” that appeared on the website Hyperborea: Kelson Vibber.
Stream Fediverse feeds to your RSS reader
URL Structure Table
| Software |
Section |
URL |
type |
Title |
visible links |
RSS Subscriptions from External Servers |
| Lemmy |
Community |
/feeds/c/{community}.xml?sort={sort} |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Lemmy |
User |
/feeds/u/{username}.xml?sort={sort} |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Lemmy |
Local Timeline |
/feeds/local.xml?sort={sort} |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Lemmy |
All Timeline |
/feeds/all.xml?sort={sort} |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Lemmy |
Your front page |
/feeds/front.xml/{jwt_token} |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
No |
- |
| Lemmy |
Your inbox |
/feeds/inbox.xml/{jwt_token} |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
No |
- |
| Lemmy |
Your modlog |
/feeds/modlog.xml/{jwt_token} |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
No |
- |
| PieFed |
Community |
/community/{community}/feed |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| PieFed |
User |
/u/{username}/feed |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| PieFed |
Topic |
/topic/{topic}.rss |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
No |
Uninvestigated |
| PieFed |
Feeds |
/f/{feeds}.rss |
RSS 2.0? |
Yes? |
No |
Uninvestigated |
| Mbin |
Community |
/rss?magazine={community} |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mbin |
User |
/rss?user={username} |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mbin |
Tag |
/rss?tag={tag} |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plume |
Blog |
/~/{blog}/atom.xml |
Atom |
Yes |
Yes |
Details unknown |
| Plume |
User |
/~/{username}/atom.xml |
Atom |
Yes |
Yes |
Details unknown |
| WriteFreely |
User |
/{username}/feed/ |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
No |
Details unknown |
| WriteFreely |
Reader |
/read/feed/ |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
No |
Details unknown |
| Funkwhale |
User |
/api/v1/channels/{user}/rss |
RSS2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Details unknown |
| PeerTube |
User |
feeds/videos.xml?videoChannelId={channel} |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| PeerTube |
User-Podcast |
/feeds/podcast/videos.xml?videoChannelId={channel} |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bookwyrm |
User |
/user/{username}/rss |
RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mastodon |
User |
/@{username}.rss |
RSS 2.0 |
No |
No |
No |
| Mastodon |
Hashtag |
/tags/{hashtag}.rss |
RSS 2.0 |
No |
No |
No |
| Mastodon |
User-Hashtag |
/@{username}/tagged/{hashtag}.rss |
RSS 2.0 |
No |
No |
No |
| Pleroma |
User |
/users/{username}/feed.atom |
Atom |
Yes |
No |
External accounts cannot be viewed |
| BlueSky |
User |
/profile/{did-placeholder}/rss |
RSS 2.0 |
No |
No |
External instance does not exist |
| Misskey |
User |
/@{username}.rss |
RSS 2.0 |
partially (example: “New note by UserName”) |
No |
Yes |
| Misskey |
User |
/@{username}.atom |
Atom 1.0 |
partially (example: “New note by UserName”) |
No |
Yes |
| Pixelfed |
User |
/users/{username}.atom |
Atom |
Yes |
Yes |
External accounts cannot be viewed |
| HackersPub |
User |
/@{username}/feed.xml |
Atom |
Yes |
No |
External accounts cannot be viewed |
| HackersPub |
User Articles |
/@{username}/feed.xml?articles |
Atom |
Yes |
No |
External accounts cannot be viewed |
| Hubzilla |
Posts and Comments |
/feed/{channel} |
Atom |
No |
No |
External accounts cannot be viewed |
| Hubzilla |
Only Posts |
/feed/{channel}?f=&top=1 |
Atom |
No |
No |
accounts are displayed in summary only |
| friendica |
User |
/feed/{username}/ |
Atom |
Yes |
Yes |
External accounts cannot be viewed |
| friendica |
User Comments |
/feed/{username}/comments |
Atom |
Yes |
No |
External accounts cannot be viewed |
| friendica |
User Timeline |
/feed/{username}/activity |
Atom |
Yes |
No |
External accounts cannot be viewed |
説明
Below are descriptions of the columns in the table above.
- Software
- The software you are using.
- Section
- Which feed for that software?
- URL
- Type
- The file type. This indicates whether it is RSS or Atom.
- Title
- Whether the post title is displayed in the RSS feed.
- Visible Links
- Whether the RSS link is visible on the instance.
- RSS Subscriptions from External Servers
- Whether you can subscribe to RSS feeds from users of external instances.
Feed Functionality Comparison
Reference
-
Fediverse in general
-
Lemmy
-
Mastodon
-
Misskey
Sort on Lemmy
/feeds/c/{community}.xml?sort={sort}
The {sort} part of Lemmy in the RSS list above corresponds to the “URL” column in the table below.
example:
/feeds/c/{community}.xml?sort=New
| Type |
Description |
url |
| Active (default) |
Calculates a rank based on the score and time of the latest comment, with decay over time |
Active |
| Hot |
Like active, but uses time when the post was published |
Hot |
| Scaled |
Like hot, but gives a boost to less active communities |
Scaled |
| New |
Shows most recent posts first |
New |
| Old |
Shows oldest posts first |
Old |
| Most Comments |
Shows posts with highest number of comments first |
MostComments |
| New Comments |
Bumps posts to the top when they are created or receive a new reply, analogous to the sorting of traditional forums |
NewComments |
| Top Hour |
Highest scoring posts during the last 1 hour |
TopHour |
| Top Six Hours |
Highest scoring posts during the last 6 hours |
TopSixHour |
| Top Twelve Hours |
Highest scoring posts during the last 12 hours |
TopTwelveHour |
| Top Day |
Highest scoring posts during the last 24 hours |
TopDay |
| Top Week |
Highest scoring posts during the last 7 days |
TopWeek |
| Top Month |
Highest scoring posts during the last 30 days |
TopMonth |
| Top Three Months |
Highest scoring posts during the last 3 months |
TopThreeMonths |
| Top Six Months |
Highest scoring posts during the last 6 months |
TopSixMonths |
| Top Nine Months |
Highest scoring posts during the last 9 months |
TopNineMonths |
| Top Year |
Highest scoring posts during the last 12 months |
TopYear |
| Top All Time |
Highest scoring posts of all time |
TopAll |
Source: Votes and Ranking
Stream RSS feeds to Your Fediverse Feeds
A well-known method of distributing RSS feeds from the web to ActivityPub is software (server) called RSSParrot, which was created for that purpose.
In addition, in the Japanese-speaking world, there is a public Mastodon instance called the RSSフィードbot鯖, which is dedicated to RSS Bots and is also widely used.
Original article
FediverseのRSS事情 - URL構造の一覧など - hoageckoのブログ (Article in Japanese)
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